coogar:

maybe in the kingdom of hell - where he hails from.

do you mean lagos??

Will there ever be change in Nigeria under our obvious recycled leaders? Methinks, it is  only a bloody revolution, that see to the annihilation of many, that could bring change to the system. However, a day of reckoning will soon come.

OK_2_NV:

T]his is were the Yoruba's are now; No federal presence or relevance and are generally viewed as arrogant and cowardly by the rest of Nigerians  all thanks to the  ACN hypocrites and those dumb enough to support them. Tinibu is nothing more than an agbero. He has turned Lagos to his personal empire.

For your information, Tinubu is not in charge in Borno, there are good roads in Maiduguri, and there are no tolled gates there as well. When are you moving there just to escape this Tinubuphobia? In case, that place is too far, do exercise your right to live anywhere and move to your village, at least there, tax would be 5%.

OK_2_NV:

do you mean lagos??

i mean your father's village.

Akainzo:

For your information, Tinubu is not in charge in Borno, there are good roads in Maiduguri, and there are no tolled gates there as well. When are you moving there just to escape this Tinubuphobia? In case, that place is too far, do exercise your right to live anywhere and move to your village, at least there tax would be 5%.

don't mind the charlatans!
they come to lagos to start demanding what would get them shot in their remote villages.
imagine ok-2-nv spewing balderdash and yet he won't move his arse from lagos to his village where no one taxes him.

hixxx1:

Tinubu! Tinubu! Tinubu! This is a big mess up on your part. After Abacha dismantled all toll gate, you, a so called democrat want to inflict one on lagosians. Better have a re=think, foooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllll.

Ignoramus, which toll gates did Abacha dismantle? Was it not OBJ that brought down the toll gates as an excuse to increase fuel costs, is the FGN of not planning on re-instating the toll gates after seeing that it cannot maintain any of the roads without collection of tolls?

coogar:

i mean your father's village.

how typically childish of you.

Akainzo:

For your information, Tinubu is not in charge in Borno, there are good roads in Maiduguri, and there are no tolled gates there as well. When are you moving there just to escape this Tinubuphobia? In case, that place is too far, do exercise your right to live anywhere and move to your village, at least there tax would be 5%.

I am a Lagosian by birth, origin and every other yardstick you have got to measure a true Lagosian. I have the right to complain about this thief we had as a governor and his current muppet in office. If this is what you call progress then am afraid you are heading to the sewers.

coogar:

i mean your father's village.

don't mind the charlatans!
they come to lagos to start demanding what would get them shot in their remote villages.
imagine ok-2-nv spewing balderdash and yet he won't move his arse from lagos to his village where no one taxes him.

are you a Lagosian? Omota

In case anyone has forgotten, this is the history of the Eti-Osa LG Toll Project


THE FACTS

1. The Lekki-Epe express road was initially constructed by the Jakande administration and completed by the Mudashiru and Mike Akhigbe military administrations in 1987. The entire Lekki axis was then opened up for rapid development. Between 1985 and now, the corridor has been experiencing rapid and unprecedented urban growth as hundreds of new communities, developments and estates have developed which drew large population of low and middle income Lagosians.

2. The last administration realizing the urgent need to address the fast growing problem of road congestion conceived the idea of the expansion of the existing express road into a six-lane roadway, the construction of an alternate coastal road that will run from Ahmadu Bello way in Bar Beach, along the shores of the Atlantic ocean towards Ibeju-Lekki Local Government area. The third leg was the construction of a fourth mainland bridge, from Langbasa area near Ajah across the Lagos Lagoon to Ikorodu town and detouring somewhere to join the existing third mainland bridge thereby forming a circular road around Lagos.

3. A committee was initially set up which recommended the adoption of the PPP concept to handle the project since it was thought then that because of the magnitude of the project, the state government might have to collaborate with the private sector under a Private-Public-Participation (PPP) model to handle the project.

4. Thereafter, Tinubu’s greed took control. He floated a company-Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to handle the project as a consortium and appointed a financial advisory company ARM as the financial adviser.

5. LCC immediately asked for 1,000 hectares of prime land as the contribution of the state government to the project. This was immediately granted by Tinubu and he released the c of o within weeks for 1,000 hectares of prime at Awoyaya, Abijo, Eputu and Sapati all in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area. Part of the land is now being developed as ADIVA housing and golf course project by ARM

6. The project was later jettisoned after obtaining the hectares of land and other payments from the state government and in its place; the rehabilitation of the existing Lekki expressway was adopted by the consortium. There is no basis for a toll road and 30 year concession arrangement for a mere rehabilitation and expansion of an existing road which the government could afford on its own.

7. Indeed, the Federal Government under President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to Governor Tinubu in 2006, offering to construct the coastal road free of charge to Lagos and its people from the Lekki Free Trade Zone to Ahmadu Bello Way in VI. He also sent a letter of commitment written by a Chinese construction firm to that effect. Governor Tinubu firmly rejected this offer and instead opted to abandon the coastal road project which the concession was initially meant for and instead signed a 30 year concession for a toll road to his company.

8. The rehabilitation work commenced in late 2006 with the expansion and rehabilitation of the Ozumba Mbadiwe end to Mobil building and the 49.4km main Lekki road rehabilitation started in 2007 shortly after Fashola became Governor

9. By this time, Fashola’s crony-Dr Tunji Olowolafe was made chairman of LCC and the entire contract was awarded to HITECH. HITECH is owned by both the Chagouris and former Gov Bola Tinubu who is the Chairman

10. LCC was given a 30 year concession (note that all their concessions are usually 30 years) with no competitive bid, no competing quote and no professional evaluation. The whole thing was packaged by Tinubu and executed by Fashola for their own selfish interest.

11. To further confirm this, Tinubu has built a multi-billion naira state of the art hotel-the Oriental Hotel along the express road. Conveniently, the toll gate is located a few meters before the hotel coming from VI so that the hotel clients wouldn’t have to pay toll. Even, special entry and exit points (including a roundabout) have been constructed for the hotel and the multi-level car park beside it (also owned by Tinubu) by the construction company using tax/toll payers’ money. Talk about creating a personal empire. One man owning an express road and a multi-billion naira hotel.

12. The 49.4km two-phased project is to cost an outrageous N50 billion which the innocent citizens and particularly the residents and indigenous communities of Lekki, Ajah, Epe and Ibeju areas will cough out over the next 30 years while Tinubu, Fashola, Olowolafe, the Chagouris and their other collaborators and their unborn generations will be smiling to the banks. A simple arithmetic shows that cost of construction averages N1billion per 1km. This did not include the 1,000 hectares of land and other costs already incurred by the Lagos state government. This must be the most expensive road anywhere in the world! Meanwhile, there will be 3 toll plazas in a 50km stretch!

13. Already, the rehabilitation work which started in 2006 has only achieved less than 2km in over 3 years; meanwhile, the consortium has only concentrated on building the toll plazas rather than first completing the two phases for the convenience of residents. Residents in these areas spend more than 6 hours daily on the road while the situation will get worse during the coming rains. This has disrupted the lives of the citizens and no proper alternate road was constructed by the consortium.

14. The entire Lekki axis hosts millions of indigenous people who are fishermen and farmers and have occupied their lands for centuries. They are largely poor and agrarian from villages like Ajah, Badore, Elegushi, Ajiran, Sangotedo, Abijo, Ibeju, and all communities in Eti-osa, Epe and Ibeju-Lekki Local Government areas. These indigenous people along with others living in the area are now being forced to pay toll to enter and exit their fatherland.

15. These people who have been subjected to economic misfortune occasioned by seizure of their lands by this government are now been economically drained by the imposition of toll gates within their communities. There has never been any consultations with the people neither was there any environmental impact assessment before the commencement of the project.

16. THE BIG FRAUD

This is the biggest fraud ever conceived!

(a) A road that was initially constructed by two previous administration and that belong to the Lagos State Government is now being jointly owned by Tinubu-the former governor and Fashola-the present governor through his crony-Dr Tunji Olowolafe under the consortium LCC

(b) LCC was appointed without conforming to the Public Procurement Act of 2007. There was no public bidding process, no competing bids from other consortium and the fact that the former Governor and the present Governor have personal interest is criminal in nature.

(c) LCC will collect toll from the taxpayers of Lagos over the next 30years. The amount to be collected was not subject to any negotiation or law by any regulatory agency. Which means it is arbitrary and could be changed without notice anytime through the duration of the 30 year lease.

(d) In addition, landowners and prospective builders of homes are being charged heavily as infrastructural charge, land use charge and personal income tax and are now required to pay road tax or toll. This is multiple taxation in its worst form.

(e) The people’s livelihoods have been disrupted for the past 3 years without compensation and there is no alternate road anywhere as it is in practice in other parts of the world where there are toll roads.

(f) A concession that was granted for the building of a coastal road, 4th mainland bridge and expansion of Lekki road has now been turned into mere rehabilitation of an existing road for the same 30-year concession. This is fraud

(g) Fences are being built around the toll areas to box residents within the area. This has security and safety implications. If there is a major emergency like major armed robbery operations, civil crisis, major floods, fire incidents etc and residents need to be evacuated in a hurry; there will be major massive bottleneck at the toll plaza as there is no other escape route except through the lagoon or Atlantic Ocean. Remember the Oke-Afa mass drowning incident of 2002. God forbid!

(h) The owners of LCC have also received cash payments and land grants from Lagos state government in addition to the 30 year toll. These payments and land grants were initially made under the agreement that the 4th mainland bridge-Lekki road-coastal road would be built. It is therefore criminal to obtain compensation for a project only to turn around and reduce the scope.

(i) Several prominent Baales, residents and associations have voiced their objections over the years but were arrogantly ignored by government and LCC. The Eti-Osa Heritage Group, Concerned Residents of Lekki-Ajah (COROLA) and other Indigenous groups have expressed reservations and berated LCC for what they considered inequitable for the residents.

(j) We indeed wonder what the Lagos State House of Assembly is there for if it cannot raise its voice to protect its citizens. The House is indeed culpable as it remains ineffective when this entire charade is going on under its watch or is the House of Assembly another conquered territory of both Tinubu and Fashola?

reposting this from page 15.
read u dumb phucks

So after all these rantings, yabbings and rubbish spewing on NL, Nigerians have started paying the fees at the toll gate. What's the protest for then? To kill an individual shey? In Nigeria, govt will always win cos we av got no nerves lyk d arab people to demand nd get what we want at all cost. Its a prelude to subsidy, GEJ will remove it nd Natting, absolutely Natting will happen

Boko Horam will soon come to Lagos. You cannot oppress a group of people for this long.

jossy26:

So after all these rantings, yabbings and rubbish spewing on NL, Nigerians have started paying the fees at the toll gate. What's the protest for then? To kill an individual shey? In Nigeria, govt will always win cos we av got no nerves lyk d arab people to demand nd get what we want at all cost. Its a prelude to subsidy, GEJ will remove it nd Natting, absolutely Natting will happen

Please learn to think intelligently. When some Egyptians spent months at Tahariya square protesting Mubarak for months, do you also know that Millions of Egyptians also went about with their daily routine across much of Libya --- going to work, sending their kids to school, going to mosque for regular prayers/church, going out to visit friends or hang out. Yes, millions of Egyptians stayed out. But did that stop the revolution that eventually came? NO!

Not everyone will protest fight or stand with you, but that they do not does not mean the other side has won. You fight until you get what you want. That is how you fight. There are movies to teach you this. A movie like Erin Brocovich comes to mind at this time. Watch em.

In addition to our verbal and online protests, is there a way we can pressure our legislators, house of rep members,lga chairmen,labour union to get involved. Can we petition them somehow. I don't see how a stakeholders forum was held and yet many are averse to this injustice. Beware, this is not a Lekki problem, if we let them succeed here, you'll have tolls dpringing up all over the place.

@ Kobojunkie,your profile says columbus so I guess you don't stay in Lagos. Please if you outta Lagos do not put your mouth in this matter. So many guys during the arab spring returned home to fight for their country. If you want to say anything, take the next flight down here and protest. Lazy beings

Traffic has being reduced to 30 minutes indeed according to Akainzo .

how many hours was spent on that road today which is even sunday, and what would happen tomorrow when commuters embark on the monday morning rush .

We should quit lying, it does not bog well for us

^^^ are you referring to the alternative route?

jossy26:

@ Kobojunkie,your profile says columbus so I guess you don't stay in Lagos. Please if you outta Lagos do not put your mouth in this matter. So many guys during the arab spring returned home to fight for their country. If you want to say anything, take the next flight down here and protest. Lazy beings

Stop being lazy and focus on what is being discussed. Again . . . .

Kobojunkie:

Please learn to think intelligently. When some Egyptians spent months at Tahariya square protesting Mubarak for months, do you also know that Millions of Egyptians also went about with their daily routine across much of Libya --- going to work, sending their kids to school, going to mosque for regular prayers/church, going out to visit friends or hang out. Yes, millions of Egyptians stayed out. But did that stop the revolution that eventually came? NO!

Not everyone will protest fight or stand with you, but that they do not does not mean the other side has won. You fight until you get what you want. That is how you fight. There are movies to teach you this. A movie like Erin Brocovich comes to mind at this time. Watch em.

otokx:

^^^ are you referring to the alternative route?

Am referring to the main route i.e the supposed improved express, so lots like you should stop deceiving peeps here

God bless Fashola for being firm here. This is the job of a leader, taking decisions in the best interest of everybody, even if those decisions are not popular. Fashola doesn't have to worry much about the noisemakers, posterity will be the judge. Sometimes, the people do not know what is good for them, it is the responsibility of a leader to show the way. They surely will see the wisdom in this decision in the nearest future, just like the Abuja people realized years after El-rufai left.

[size=16pt]what next?[/size]

I think its unwise for people to go to Lagos and suddenly assuming another dimension, if you can't pay the tax then go back to your state. That is where I stand, imagine the likes Henshaw coming all the way from Akwibom and suddenly claiming to fight on behalf of the real indigenes of lagos who should have started the fight through their army of area-boys.

^^ I think it is unwise for people, like you, to comment on issues they are obviously ill-informed of. Lekki residents pay a bulk of the taxes that come in to the State as a whole. These people pay taxes and so have a right to demand better respect from their Government.

Instead of trying to creates ills, we ought to be copying the good and learning from the mistakes committed in other parts of the world that have already gone through things such as these. It just seems what we prefer to do is pretend it is ALL NEW when we do it and do it crudest way possible.

omolayo1:

[size=16pt]what next?[/size]

lcc to embark on constructing lane 4 and 5 by april 2012.

Kobojunkie:

^^ I think it is unwise for people, like you, to comment on issues they are obviously ill-informed of. Lekki residents pay a bulk of the taxes that come in to the State as a whole. These people pay taxes and so have a right to demand better respect from their Government.

Instead of trying to creates ills, we ought to be copying the good and learning from the mistakes committed in other parts of the world that have already gone through things such as these. It just seems what we prefer to do is pretend it is ALL NEW when we do it and do it crudest way possible.

who are we?

Good response Akainzo.

Rad1cal:

Traffic has being reduced to 30 minutes indeed according to Akainzo .

how many hours was spent on that road today which is even sunday, and what would happen tomorrow when commuters embark on the monday morning rush .

We should quit lying, it does not bog well for us

Hmmm, let me humour you a little, and go even with your unsubstantiated story of that you spent 2 hours on that road today. Now can you imagine how long you would have spent on it if the upgrade/ or expansion was not done? And now imagine how it would be on a Monday morning rush without the expansion, that would tell you something.  

Kobojunkie:

^^ I think it is unwise for people, like you, to comment on issues they are obviously ill-informed of. Lekki residents pay a bulk of the taxes that come in to the State as a whole. These people pay taxes and so have a right to demand better respect from their Government.

Instead of trying to creates ills, we ought to be copying the good and learning from the mistakes committed in other parts of the world that have already gone through things such as these. It just seems what we prefer to do is pretend it is ALL NEW when we do it and do it crudest way possible.

May be you need to advise those residents to move to Borno and pay their taxes there. Abi?

Akanbi_edu:

May be you need to advise those residents to move to Borno and pay their taxes there. Abi?

Wow . . . so, the way your brain works, if you adequately pay your taxes, but the Government instead chooses not to use your taxes to provide the promised basic amenities, moving to another state is a logical next step ? . . . WOW . . .

Don't bother providing an answer please as I really am not up for some more jelly-brained suggestions.

Kobojunkie:

^^ I think it is unwise for people, like you, to comment on issues they are obviously ill-informed of. Lekki residents pay a bulk of the taxes that come in to the State as a whole. These people pay taxes and so have a right to demand better respect from their Government.

Instead of trying to creates ills, we ought to be copying the good and learning from the mistakes committed in other parts of the world that have already gone through things such as these. It just seems what we prefer to do is pretend it is ALL NEW when we do it and do it crudest way possible.

You should understand each state has laws governing it. Yerima of Zamfara state may decide to roll out sharia law in its own enclave there is nothing FG and even anybody can do about it.

Back to to topic: Lagos may have borrowed heavily to put that road there today, you don't expect it to run a charity organization with the project. So for every investment there must be returns on investment if not it will not be worth-while for investor to come in, at least when it concern such infrastructure of such magnitude.

Kobojunkie:

^^ I think it is unwise for people, like you, to comment on issues they are obviously ill-informed of. Lekki residents pay a bulk of the taxes that come in to the State as a whole. These people pay taxes and so have a right to demand better respect from their Government.

Instead of trying to creates ills, we ought to be copying the good and learning from the mistakes committed in other parts of the world that have already gone through things such as these. It just seems what we prefer to do is pretend it is ALL NEW when we do it and do it crudest way possible.

Which part of your being thought of that part ion bold before you typed it out Don't come sharing beer parlour gossips in here.
You'd be amazed at how much Alaba International market traders contribute to Lagos, or do you think the numerous factories/companies/warehouses scattered all over Lagos have their owners in Lekki?
Quit dreaming and ascribing too much self importance to a select set of people. And how are you any well informed than others on this thread?

chino11:


You should understand each state has laws governing it. Yerima of Zamfara state may decide to roll out sharia law in its own enclave there is nothing FG and even anybody can do about it.

Back to to topic: Lagos may have borrowed heavily to put that road there today, you don't expect it run to a charity organization with the project. So for every investment there must be returns on investment if not it will not be worth-while for investor to come in, at least when it concern such infrastructure of such magnitude.

Again . . . your assertion was built on False grounds that people did not pay their taxes.

I made to correct that and I think you should now stop . . . go back and rethink what you have stated so far from that error.

chino11:


You should understand each state has laws governing it. Yerima of Zamfara state may decide to roll out sharia law in its own enclave there is nothing FG and even anybody can do about it.

Back to to topic: Lagos may have borrowed heavily to put that road there today, you don't expect it run to a charity organization with the project. So for every investment there must be returns on investment if not it will not be worth-while for investor to come in, at least when it concern such infrastructure of such magnitude.

Governments work FOR THE PEOPLE, not AGAINST THE PEOPLE . . . Use your head . . ,    Laws are put in place to WORK FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT AGAINST the people. If the People feel a POLICY hurts them, they have every right to protest and change that policy.

If the Governor chooses to borrow heavily . . . there is NO LAW EVEN IN LAGOS that demands the people be MADE to PAY those back. Let's stop making up more of these silly assertions in our desperate attempts to support personal delusions.

Maybe you should learn that first because that is the #1 fundamental right of every citizen in a democracy. If you cannot stand it, then maybe you should move to the jungle somewhere and let people do what they will.

Akainzo:

Hmmm, let me humour you a little, and go even with your unsubstantiated story of that you spent 2 hours on that road today. Now can you imagine how long you would have spent on it if the upgrade/ or expansion was not done? And now imagine how it would be on a Monday morning rush without the expansion, that would tell you something.  

And this is your intelligent attempt to obfuscate the lie peddled rampantly here that those erected tolls have reduced the traffic situation from an average of 3 hours to 30 mins .

So it means the ACN led government is a fraud .

Imagine a supposed intelligent SAN in Fashola justifying it on TV that it's the first technologically constructed toll in the country . is that the bone of contention ?

So it's all about the technology involved and not the economic burden it would cause.

Indeed sad.

Kobojunkie:

Wow . . . so, the way your brain works, if you adequately pay your taxes, but the Government instead chooses not to use your taxes to provide the promised basic amenities, moving to another state is a logical next step ? . . . WOW . . .

Don't bother providing an answer please as I really am not up for some more jelly-brained suggestions.

Sometimes, I get the feeling that seun actually pays you for engaging in useless arguments on nairaland. Funny thing is, you think because you sit your lazy a-s-s in an american village, it puts you in better position to contribute in every thread in NL. I really pity those who engage you here, beacuse you have a way of dragging them to your f-o-olish level and beat them there.

Don't bother providing an response please as I really am not up for some more jelly-brained suggestions.

Kobojunkie:

^^ I think it is unwise for people, like you, to comment on issues they are obviously ill-informed of. Lekki residents pay a bulk of the taxes that come in to the State as a whole. These people pay taxes and so have a right to demand better respect from their Government.

Instead of trying to creates ills, we ought to be copying the good and learning from the mistakes committed in other parts of the world that have already gone through things such as these. It just seems what we prefer to do is pretend it is ALL NEW when we do it and do it crudest way possible.

Which part of your being thought of that part ion bold before you typed it out Don't come sharing beer parlour gossips in here.
You'd be amazed at how much Alaba International market traders contribute to Lagos, or do you think the numerous factories/companies/warehouses scattered all over Lagos have their owners in Lekki?
Quit dreaming and ascribing too much self importance to a select set of people. And how are any well informed than others on this thread?